Removable welded rail-anchor



B. WOLHAUPTER.

REMOVABLE WELDED RAIL ANCHOR.

1,329,153, Patented Jan. 27, 1920.

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BENJAMIN WOLHAUPTER, OF NEW ROCHELLE, NEW YORK.

REMOVABLE WELDED RAIL-ANCHOR.

s ecification of Letters Patent.' Patented J an. 2'7, 1920.

Application filed October 28, 1918. Serial No. 259,989.

To all whom it may concern:

nwrrnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Rochelle, in the county of lVestchester and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Removable Welded Rail-Anchors, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to an improvement in welded rail anchors, and more particularly to a novel means of attachin an anchoring element to the rail by we ds in a manner which admits of the ready removal of the anchor when it is desired.

The chief object of the invention is to utilize a welding operationfor fastening a such operation is desired or required.

rail anchor to a rail while at the same time permitting the anchor to be removed intact without injury to the rail or to itself whpn n the attainment of this general object the invention has especially in view meeting the objections which are commonly urged against the use of welded rail anchors. such for instance as the objection to the necessity of cutting away a permanently affixed auchoring element when the original track arrangement is disturbed with the danger of breaking the rail flange in the operation of removing the. anchor. Also, it is the purpose of the invention to provide a rail anchor structure involving a. novel means of welding the same to the railwhich facilitates the removal of the anchor without breakage or injury to the anchor itself so that it is preserved intact for reapplication in a new location when track and ties are readjusted.

A further important object of the invention is to provide for welding the rail a n chor 0r anchoring element to the rail in such a manner that. the points of weld are of Y comparatively small areas. This reduces to a minimum the danger of injury to the rail by the welding heat while at the same time involving relatively small welded areas or spots each of which areas or spots is sufficiently weak or readily fracturable by a suitable tool or hammer blow, and yet in the aggregate are sufliciently strong to resist the maximum strain or force imposed upon the anchor in the direction of the running of the rail.

Other objects of the invention are to provide an anchor fastening means generally useful in connection with practically all forms of rail anchors or anchoring elements which are to be fastened to the rail and co- Be it known that I. BENJAMIN V01.

simple forms and typeslof anchoring elements such as rolled or stamped plates, one part of which is fastened to the rail-and one art 1s presented for engagement with the xed abutment.

Accordingly, it is to be understood that a fundamental feature of the invention resides in the use of a particular form and arrangement of welded connection between a rail anchor and a rail whereby the welded connection itself is readily fracturable to permit the removal of the anchor without injury to itself or to the rail while at the same time providing a sufliciently'strong union between the anchor and the rail so that the anchor is capable of effectually resisting the maximum strain or force placed thereon in the direction of the running. of the rail, thereby causing it to resist and prevent creeping tendencies of the rail.

lVith these and other objects in view which will be readily apparent to those familiar with the art without further description it will be understood that the invention resides in the features above stated, broadly, and that the invention is suscepti ble of a wide range of application, and also capable of modification, several particular forms being shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a simple angle plate type of anchor afiixed to the ed e of the rail flange in accordance with t e another form of plate anchor fastened on top of the rail flange in accordance with the invention.

Figs. 3, 4: and 5 are similar fragmentary views in plan illustrating simple plate anchors fastened to the rail flange in accordance with the invention, and cooperating with the spike or spikes as the abutments.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view illustrating another simple type of spike engaging anchor plate'welded on the top of the rail flange in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 7 is a sectional plan view illustrating the application of the invention to that type of rail anchor involving a mechanical movement of cooperating elements which in this illustration are wedged upon the rail flange and engage with the tie.

, Like reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several figures of the drawin As above pointed but the-present invention involves fundamentally the feature of fastening a rail anchor or rail anchoring designated element to a railby a plurality of welds or welded connections each of which is sufliciently weak to be readily fracturable by a suitable tool or hammer blow, but which metal heated and danger of injuring the rail metal by the welding operation is .thereby entirely eliminated or greatly minimized.

An exemplification of the invention as above expressed is shown in Fig. 1 of the drawin illustrating a simple angle plate type '0 rail anchor or anchorin element 'by the numeral 1. ThlS type of anchor is shown arranged vertically alongside of the edge of the rail flange and depending below such flange, the upper edge of the said anchor being scarfed or beveled as'at 2, to admit of the welded connections 3 being formed at points between the anchor and the edge of the rail flange. These welded connections may be made by any of the welding processes available for the purpose such for instance as by the oxy-acetylene method, or by electric welding. It will also be understood that the present invention is available for use with any of the welding expedients such as welding the metal to metal whenever this is possible, or by the use of separate welding metal to make scarf welds as shown in Fig. 1, or to make fillet welds as shown in the other figures of the drawings. With further reference to the illustration of Fig. 1 it will be understood, as already indicated, that the plural spaced welds 33 are intended to be fractured or broken away by a tool or otherwise when it is desired to remove the anchor intact forreapplication or other purposes. In this form of the invention it will be noted that the anchor body is formed at one end with a bearing plate member 4 adapted to engage against the tie as an abutment.

A further view of the invention is given by the illustration of Fig. 2 wherein an angle plate 5 overlies the rail flange and has a depending part 6 formed with a tie engag= ing plate 7. In this form of the invention the part of the anchor overlying the rail flange is fastened'thereto by a plurality of spaced welded connections 8 having the same purpose and functions as the correspondmg welded connections in all other forms of the invention.

Likewise, Figs. 3, 4 and 5 of thedrawings, illustrate other applications of the plural weld idea. For instance in Fig. 3 an anchor plate 9 is shown fastened to the edge of the rail flange by several relatively small welded connections 10, of the fracturable type as already described, for the purpose indicated, and said plate 9 is provided with a notch 11 for engagement with the spike 12.

InlFigs. 4 and 5 an anchor plate 13 is shown fastenedby a number of small fracturable welds 14 to the top of the rail flange and projects beyond the edge of the rail, flange having formed in its projecting art a notch 15 for engagement w1th the spike 16 as the abutment element. And, in Fig. 5, the anchor plate 17 is fastened to the top of the rail flange by a number of small fracturable welds 18 and the projecting part 19 thereof engages at one side of the spike 20 orbetween two spikes 20-20. Further, in Fig. 6 of the drawings an anchor plate 21 is shown fastened to the top of the rail flange by a plurality of small fracturable welds 22 and having a depending edge portion 23 overlapping the rail fla lixge and notched as at 24 to engage a s 1 e.

The fundamental idea of the invention is well exemplified by Fig. 7 of the drawings. In this figure is shown a type of rail anchor having a mechanical movement to place the same in gripping engagement with the rail flange. The type of anchor selected for this illustration is one having separate movable gripping members 25 and 26 havin a sliding interlocking wedge connection 2 therebetween and provided with flange gripping jaws 28 and 29 respectively which engage over the opposite rail flanges. A tie bearing member 30 is carried by one of the members of this anchor. With this form of anchor, when the same has been applied to the rail flange and placed against the tie, the parts are tightly wedged together by a maul so that the jaws 28 and 29 become tightly and rigidly engaged with the rail flanges. Then the parts may be held firmly and unyieldingly in these positions by fastening the separate members of the anchor to the rail flange by .means of the plurality of small fracturable welded connections 31 having the same purposes and functions as the corresponding welded connections shown in the other figures of the drawings. Obviously, to remove such an anchor as shown in the Fig. 7, it is only necessary to break or fracture the individual weak welds 31.

Other embodiments and other uses of the invention Will now be readily apparent without further description, and it will be understood that changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing/ any of the advantages of the invention.

I claim:

1. A rail anchor having a relatively-weak readily fracturable welded connection with the rail.

2. A rail anchor having a relatively weakened Welded connection with the rail having its line of greatest strength and resistance in the direction of the running of the rail.

3. A removable rail anchor having a plurality of welded connections with the rail to provide a relatively weakened welded fastening.

4. A removable rail anchor having a plurality of relatively small welded connections with the rail, each of which connections is relatively weak and readily fracturable.

5. A removable rail anchor having a plurality of welded connections with the rail, each of which connections is relatively weak and readily fracturable and in the aggregate are of greater strength than the creeping force of the rail.

6. A removable rail anchor having a plurality of relatively small welded connections with the rail, each of which connections is relatively weak and readily fracturable but which in the aggregate are stronger than the creeping force of the rail.

7. A removable rail anchor having aplurality of relatively weak welded connections with the rail distributed in small areas or spots.

8. A removable rail anchor having a plurality of relatively weak welded connections with the rail distributed in small areas or spots and in the aggregate stronger than the creeping force of the rail.

9. A Welded rail anchor having a detachable weld which is weaker than the adjacent parts of the rail and of the anchor.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

BENJAMIN WOLHAUPTER.

Witnesses:

S. C. ADAMS, C. WILSON. 

